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Re: [RFA] arm_store_return_value, big-endian (take 2)
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- To: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, cagney at redhat dot com, kevinb at redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:49:32 -0800
- Subject: Re: [RFA] arm_store_return_value, big-endian (take 2)
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <200211091154.gA9BsbA06176@pc960.cambridge.arm.com>
Richard Earnshaw wrote:
>
> > Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > >
> > > > Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Leaving asside the issue of the correctness of write_register_bytes (note
> > > > > to self, must finish of my register patches), I don't think this is
> > > > > correct -- in fact, I think it's also wrong for little-endian as well.
> > > > >
> > > > > What should happen is that the smaller-than-word value should be
> > > > > zero/sign-extended to 32 bits and then the whole thing stored in A1_REGNUM.
> > > >
> > > > Ah, thanks. OK, how about this?
> > > >
> > > > 2002-11-06 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
> > > >
> > > > * arm-tdep.c (arm_store_return_value): Handle offset of
> > > > small types on big-endian machines.
> > >
> > > And for little-endian?
> >
> > It already works for little-endian. I've tested this with
> > arm-sim, arm-sim/-mbig-endian, and arm-sim/-mthumb.
>
> But it's not zero/sign extending properly for little-endian, so garbage is
> remaining in the top part of A1
Ah; well, I didn't make it any worse! ;-)
Can I leave that detail for someone else, and just
submit this minor improvement?